Toponym Record

A Toponym Record is a Geospatial Record that refers to a Named Location.

• Context:
  • It can be referenced by a Toponym Mention.
  • It can be a member of a Toponym Record Set, such as Gazetteer.
  • It can include Data Attributes such as:
    • Name.
    • Type.
    • Longitude and Latitude.
    • Population.
  • It can be Curated by a Toponymist.
  • It can be an Input to a Toponym Normalization Task.
  • It can be disambiguated from another Toponym Record by (be Input and Output to ) a Toponym Record Deduplication Task.
• Example(s):
  • Name="London", Type="city, town or place", Longitude="81.24°W", Latitude="42.97°N", Population="2001:337,866, 2006:353,069"]
    • http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-45&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=&geo=478701876
    • (Wikipedia, 2009) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London,_Ontario
  • [TYPE=city; NAME=London; COUNTRY=Canada; REGION=Ontario; LAT=42° 59' 00" N; LONG=081° 15' 00" W; DMS_LAT=42.983333; DMS_LONG=-81.25; ], an NGA GNS Record.
  • [UFI=-570763; SORT_NAME=OTTAWARIVER; FULL_NAME=Ottawa River; UNI=-806107; LAT=45.516667; LONG=-74.333333; DMS_LAT=453100; DMS_LONG=-742000; MGRS=18TWR5206940564; JOG=NL18-08; FC=H; DSG=STM; PC=; CC1=CA; ADM1=0; ADM2=; POP=; ELEV=; CC2=; NT=N; LC=eng; SHORT_FORM=Ottawa; GENERIC=; FULL_NAME_ND=Ottawa River; MODIFY_DATE=35878;], an NGA GNS Record.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Person Record.
  • a Toponym Mention.
• See: Toponym.

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